Microsoft has corrected a mistake in its anti-spyware product that flagged some Symantec security tools as malicious software. The problem occurred after Microsoft pushed out an update for Windows ...

Broadcom is in talks with Symantec after last year's $19 billion purchase of CA Technologies. Broadcom has also considered buying Tibco, an infrastructure software company, although that deal would be ...

Symantec has landed £700,000 (US$1.31 million) in costs and damages after the U.K. High Court found an Essex software company had been dealing in 35,000 counterfeit copies of PC Anywhere. The ...

Symantec plans to eventually move all of its software to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, starting with a new online backup offering the company unveiled Tuesday. The new Symantec Protection ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security company, today announced the acquisition of Luminate Security, a privately held company with ...

Symantec I continue to receive email on Symantec and their software. In addition to the products swallowed and discarded by Symantec (as covered last time), readers wanted me to be sure to mention ...

Symantec Endpoint Protection and Webroot Internet Security Plus 2022 are compelling security products intended to protect business systems. Learn the pros and cons of each security solution to make ...

Symantec, based here, said it documented 2,524 new vulnerabilities in 2002, an 81.5 percent increase over the number of vulnerabilities in 2001. "The reasons for that are varied. There are more ...

Symantec has updated its Data-Loss Prevention Suite so that if the software finds a data issue that needs fixing, it can apply third-party encryption and digital-rights management (DRM) controls to ...

While attending Altiris ManageFusion, I was able to meet with Scott Jones, Altiris Product Manager for Software Virtualization Solution. When we spoke about the Symantec/Altiris acquisition, I asked ...

Symantec Tuesday announced the release of its first enterprise-grade Android antivirus software. Dubbed Symantec Mobile Security for Android, the application builds on the consumer-focused Norton ...

Five weeks after an errant virus update crippled thousands of Chinese PCs, Symantec Corp. has decided to compensate users by giving them free backup software and extending their subscriptions to the ...